Gloomy Sunday

As the turmoil of WWII engulfs Hungary, a Budapest eatery becomes home to a love triangle.

"...by the lachrymose titular ballad; more’s the pity, because Gloomy Sunday is a fine effort. It’s full of big..."

April 23, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Local Nonagenarian Author Speaks at BookPeople Sunday

Babette Hughes hosts an event for her Kate Brady mystery trilogy

"...her own flawed way, sets Kate's stage for a gloomy existence. Enter the debonair Ben Gold. He wines and..."

July 18, 2015 Arts Post by Jessi Cape

Richard Thompson

"...store a bad tune, although "Burning Man" is fittingly gloomy and the guitar solo on "Bad Again" is typically..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Second Annual Austin Jewish Film Festival

March 27-April 3

"...Sunday, March 28 (2pm)..."

March 26, 2004 Screens Feature

ACL Interview: The National, Part Two

Sunday, Oct. 13, 5:30pm, Lady Bird stage

"...so many people singing along enjoying these melodramatic, often gloomy songs together. People love to sing about being alone..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...say that starting with Wednesday night and continuing through Sunday's showcases, there will be some form of music happening..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Hot Luck Music Headliners Dig Into the Festival Menu

Talking turkey with Archers of Loaf, Erika Wennerstrom, Robert Ellis, Sunflower Bean, the Suffers, and PJ Morton

"...debut LP Human Ceremony, a variety pack of lush, gloomy alt-rock moods from Fat Possum. Fifth studio collection, heavy-duty..."

May 24, 2019 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

10 Essential Showcases to See at Oblivion Access

Unpacking the unclassifiable experimental music festival, show by show

"...Life closes with growling distortion, drawling shoegaze vocals, and gloomy atmospherics.   – Wayne Lim Yellow Swans, John Wiese,..."

June 9, 2023 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...Lee Miller. Writer: David Lee Miller, Eric Adams, Gabriel Sunday, Jordan Miller An isolated, media obsessed teenager announces he's..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Perfect Liberty

To find themselves, the subjects of this year's rock docs found that they had to follow their own sound

"...mid-Seventies, Walker had turned his orchestral pop into a gloomy, gothic lament for post-swinging London and his crooner's voice..."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Record Reviews

Prince Paul

"...Love, Keith Ayers, Van Dyke Parks, Doug Yule-era Velvets, "Sunday Afternoon" Faces, or for more contemporary triggers, Magnetic Fields,..."

May 14, 1999 Music Review

The Sounds of Silence

"...stand to be repeated, albeit on a smaller scale, Sunday evening across town at the Electric Lounge with a..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Daytrips

"...The store is open Monday-Friday, 10am-6pm; Saturday, 10am-8pm; and Sunday, noon-6pm. For more information, call 817/624-8449...."

Jan. 17, 1997 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

To Oblivion and Beyond: A Breakdown of the Bands at Oblivion Access

Translating the scrolls at Austin’s most interesting festival of the year

"...any new studio DFM.  – Raoul Hernandez Cave InEmpire, Sunday 15, 6pm-12mid Billed with: The Locust, Zola Jesus, Liturgy,..."

May 6, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Spectrum Theatre Company's Spunk

This Austin company weaves three classic tales by Zora Neale Hurston into a spirited service full of sass and grit

"...make it move as smoothly and dramatically as a Sunday-service anthem...."

July 29, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

ACL Interview: The National

Not-so-moody frontman on touring, recording, and family

"...so many people singing along enjoying these melodramatic, often gloomy songs together – songs about anxiety and despair and..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Music Post by Doug Freeman

The Year in Books

Freedom, Finkler, and Kids of America

"...book that nevertheless blew my mind six ways to Sunday...."

Jan. 7, 2011 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Festival Picks

Cine las Americas previews

"...What could be a gloomy road movie turns out to be an exceptionally beautiful..."

April 16, 2010 Screens Feature

Conspirare

The Austin choral ensemble's new CD of Tarik O'Regan music is set to captivate the world

"...not being, but fear not that this recording is gloomy and morbid. On it are moments of ethereal beauty,..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Grandma vs. Cowboy

Can Strayhorn lasso Perry? Maybe the Lege will tell.

"...91-year-old local political powerhouse died Saturday morning, and the Sunday Statesman devoted the lion's share of the front section..."

June 24, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

Ed Harcourt

"...for long. The mood here is often dark and gloomy, but the approach is more baroque than the typical..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Pop Culture Press Release Party Red Eyed Fly, January 7

"...politico) and master of ceremonies kept the focus of Sunday's evening shindig squarely on the celebration at hand, from..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Music Review by Michael Chamy

Coach's Corner

Ratings, schmatings! Why the big obsession about how many people are watching which sporting events on TV?

"...the strike year NBA Finals, similarly filled with breathless, gloomy ratings reports, when this first struck me as odd...."

Oct. 6, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

TV Eye

NBC actually dropped Freaks & Geeks -- the smart, funny, refreshingly true-to-life high school comedy? Well, duh. Also, a look at the WB's DC, the latest ensemble drama to feature incredibly good-looking people.

"...is put to sleep, and Lindsay's high is less gloomy, the girls settle on the couch. Lindsay polishes off..."

March 31, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Cabaret of Broken Dreams: One Big Sex-and-Death Carnival

Reviews of recent and ongoing exhibitions and performances around Austin

"...languidly from behind the Vortex curtain at eight o'clock Sunday night, and for an hour or two the place..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

Postmarks

Don't Cry for Rainey

"...to offer this paragraph from a book review in Sunday's New York Times. The book, The Distance to the..."

July 23, 1999 Column

Net Worth

"...laughter from everyone with the very predictability of his gloomy forecasts. -- Chris Baker..."

March 26, 1999 Screens Feature

Naked City

"...200 days. Pool regulars will meet to discuss these gloomy prospects at an emergency meeting at 10am Sunday, on..."

Jan. 29, 1999 News Feature

Page Two

"...my favorite of the year in Austin. Often a gloomy time, winter doesn't sit well in this city, and..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Column by Louis Black

Postmarks

United Way Clarifies

"...We collected $11,331 as of the final performance on Sunday. Austin again proves what we already knew - that..."

June 12, 1998 Column